Comments on: Weekend service impacted everywhere http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/10/09/weekend-service-impacted-everywhere/ A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Judging subway construction by its (cut and) cover :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/10/09/weekend-service-impacted-everywhere/#comment-65618 Judging subway construction by its (cut and) cover :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:33:30 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4017#comment-65618 [...] Ave. has repeated these claims for the last few years. “Remember,” commenter Peter Knox wrote over the weekend, “no work is being done on the SAS at all right now, nor has any substantive work been done [...] [...] Ave. has repeated these claims for the last few years. “Remember,” commenter Peter Knox wrote over the weekend, “no work is being done on the SAS at all right now, nor has any substantive work been done [...]

]]> By: peter knox http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/10/09/weekend-service-impacted-everywhere/#comment-65609 peter knox Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:09:12 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4017#comment-65609 Why are ten or so guys working only 40% of the time originally planned for the project? That is the question you should be asking the MTA, Ben. And, please, believe me, those ten or so guys have not even been working 40% of the time for at least two or three months. What is going on? Why has this project seemingly stalled everywhere, and not just between 92nd and 93rd? Something's terribly wrong, and we deserve to have an answer. Why are ten or so guys working only 40% of the time originally planned for the project? That is the question you should be asking the MTA, Ben. And, please, believe me, those ten or so guys have not even been working 40% of the time for at least two or three months. What is going on? Why has this project seemingly stalled everywhere, and not just between 92nd and 93rd? Something’s terribly wrong, and we deserve to have an answer.

]]> By: Andrew http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/10/09/weekend-service-impacted-everywhere/#comment-65591 Andrew Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:22:40 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4017#comment-65591 No, as I said, the 20 tph constraint is at the Forest Hills terminal. (If you don't believe me, head out there on a local during the AM or PM rush. Even with only 20 tph scheduled, you'll probably hit congestion.) Of course the E <i>could</i> use 63rd - but why would you want only one service through 53rd? Besides - the Queens local is hardly in need of additional service. No, as I said, the 20 tph constraint is at the Forest Hills terminal. (If you don’t believe me, head out there on a local during the AM or PM rush. Even with only 20 tph scheduled, you’ll probably hit congestion.)

Of course the E could use 63rd – but why would you want only one service through 53rd?

Besides – the Queens local is hardly in need of additional service.

]]> By: Alon Levy http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/10/09/weekend-service-impacted-everywhere/#comment-65589 Alon Levy Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:04:33 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4017#comment-65589 <blockquote>It’s my understanding that they are only working one shift at the site between 92nd and 95th at the moment — from 7 AM until 4PM M-F, with a limited amount of activity on Saturday.</blockquote> In other words, they're dragging their feet.

It’s my understanding that they are only working one shift at the site between 92nd and 95th at the moment — from 7 AM until 4PM M-F, with a limited amount of activity on Saturday.

In other words, they’re dragging their feet.

]]> By: Alon Levy http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/10/09/weekend-service-impacted-everywhere/#comment-65588 Alon Levy Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:03:32 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4017#comment-65588 The theoretical limit on the local is 30 tph, not 20. The current limit is lower only because the F and E can't both use 63rd; this force the V to share 53rd with the E, while the R shares 59th with the N and W. An SAS-63rd connection would allow a third service to poach express service from the E. The theoretical limit on the local is 30 tph, not 20. The current limit is lower only because the F and E can’t both use 63rd; this force the V to share 53rd with the E, while the R shares 59th with the N and W.

An SAS-63rd connection would allow a third service to poach express service from the E.

]]> By: Ben http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/10/09/weekend-service-impacted-everywhere/#comment-65561 Ben Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:45:21 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4017#comment-65561 It's my understanding that they are only working one shift at the site between 92nd and 95th at the moment -- from 7 AM until 4PM M-F, with a limited amount of activity on Saturday. And most of the work is now taking place under the road decking at this point anyway. I walked by the site at 7:40 AM today. They were loading trucks with soil from below at 2, or maybe 3 locations. It’s my understanding that they are only working one shift at the site between 92nd and 95th at the moment — from 7 AM until 4PM M-F, with a limited amount of activity on Saturday. And most of the work is now taking place under the road decking at this point anyway.

I walked by the site at 7:40 AM today. They were loading trucks with soil from below at 2, or maybe 3 locations.

]]> By: Ben http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/10/09/weekend-service-impacted-everywhere/#comment-65560 Ben Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:39:13 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4017#comment-65560 Have I been satisfied with the progress? Generally speaking, I would say Yes. The work between 92nd and 95th has taken longer than planned because (I believe) both the MTA and the contractors greatly underestimated just how long it would take to relocate the maze of utility lines under Second Avenue. Of course all of this could have been done much faster if they had worked around the clock or they had closed Second Avenue completely during the construction -- but neither of these two options would have been tolerated by the community. Have I been satisfied with the progress? Generally speaking, I would say Yes.

The work between 92nd and 95th has taken longer than planned because (I believe) both the MTA and the contractors greatly underestimated just how long it would take to relocate the maze of utility lines under Second Avenue.

Of course all of this could have been done much faster if they had worked around the clock or they had closed Second Avenue completely during the construction — but neither of these two options would have been tolerated by the community.

]]> By: peter knox http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/10/09/weekend-service-impacted-everywhere/#comment-65548 peter knox Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:44:11 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4017#comment-65548 Look, I have just returned from Key Food. I didn't see even one worker from 96th to 93rd. This has been the case for months. By 5 or 6 the site is more or less deserted. Maybe a few guys show up in the morning. But the project is a criminal waste of taxpayer money. Look, I have just returned from Key Food. I didn’t see even one worker from 96th to 93rd. This has been the case for months. By 5 or 6 the site is more or less deserted. Maybe a few guys show up in the morning. But the project is a criminal waste of taxpayer money.

]]> By: E. Aron http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/10/09/weekend-service-impacted-everywhere/#comment-65543 E. Aron Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:28:29 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4017#comment-65543 I appreciate being able to see all the work that's being done beneath our feet. I'm curious - are you, as an observer of this project everyday for about 2 and a half years, satisfied with the progress that's been made in that time? I appreciate being able to see all the work that’s being done beneath our feet.

I’m curious – are you, as an observer of this project everyday for about 2 and a half years, satisfied with the progress that’s been made in that time?

]]> By: Ben http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/10/09/weekend-service-impacted-everywhere/#comment-65528 Ben Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:50:41 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=4017#comment-65528 I live on East 92nd Street and I walk past the Second Avenue subway TBM Launch Box work site, between 91st and 95th, everyday. They have been working at this location M-Sa, give or take a few days, since April 2007. This morning (10/13/09) when I crossed 2nd Avenue at 92nd Street there must have been 30 guys working above ground and an unknown number working "down in the hole," as I call it, below the road decking. If you don't have time to visit the TBM Launch Box site please visit this blog site: <a href="http://www.thelaunchbox.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">The Launch Box</a> where I have been documenting the progress since early 2007. Ben I live on East 92nd Street and I walk past the Second Avenue subway TBM Launch Box work site, between 91st and 95th, everyday. They have been working at this location M-Sa, give or take a few days, since April 2007.

This morning (10/13/09) when I crossed 2nd Avenue at 92nd Street there must have been 30 guys working above ground and an unknown number working “down in the hole,” as I call it, below the road decking.

If you don’t have time to visit the TBM Launch Box site please visit this blog site:
The Launch Box
where I have been documenting the progress since early 2007.

Ben

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